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The '''bats at the 37 military hospital''' are a flock of [[straw-coloured fruit bat]]s living in the [[37 Military Hospital]] area of [[Accra]], the capital of [[Ghana]]. A local legend surrounds this group of animals, saying that a long time ago, a chief from a village in eastern Ghana [[Kibi]]<ref>{{Cite news | title=Bats Adapt To Hospital Premises | publisher=ghanaweb.com | date=25 May 2004 | url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=58425}}</ref> was admitted to the hospital accompanied by [[megabat]]s. He passed away but the bats are still waiting for him to come home.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Ghana: The bats who never left their chief | last=Borelli | first=Lisa Marie | newspaper=Farm Radio Weekly | date=26 May 2013 | url=http://weekly.farmradio.org/2013/05/06/ghana-the-bats-who-never-left-their-chief-by-lisa-marie-borrelli-for-farm-radio-weekly-in-ghana/}}</ref>
The '''bats at the 37 military hospital''' are a colony of [[straw-coloured fruit bat]]s living in the [[37 Military Hospital]] area of [[Accra]], the capital of [[Ghana]]. A local legend surrounds this group of animals, saying that a long time ago, a chief from a village in eastern Ghana [[Kibi]]<ref>{{Cite news | title=Bats Adapt To Hospital Premises | publisher=ghanaweb.com | date=25 May 2004 | url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=58425}}</ref> was admitted to the hospital accompanied by [[megabat]]s. He passed away but the bats are still waiting for him to come home.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Ghana: The bats who never left their chief | last=Borelli | first=Lisa Marie | newspaper=Farm Radio Weekly | date=26 May 2013 | url=http://weekly.farmradio.org/2013/05/06/ghana-the-bats-who-never-left-their-chief-by-lisa-marie-borrelli-for-farm-radio-weekly-in-ghana/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4265135.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Africa {{!}} Droppings drive Accra batty|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2017-01-23}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:28, 23 January 2017

The bats at the 37 military hospital are a colony of straw-coloured fruit bats living in the 37 Military Hospital area of Accra, the capital of Ghana. A local legend surrounds this group of animals, saying that a long time ago, a chief from a village in eastern Ghana Kibi[1] was admitted to the hospital accompanied by megabats. He passed away but the bats are still waiting for him to come home.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Bats Adapt To Hospital Premises". ghanaweb.com. 25 May 2004.
  2. ^ Borelli, Lisa Marie (26 May 2013). "Ghana: The bats who never left their chief". Farm Radio Weekly.
  3. ^ "BBC NEWS | Africa | Droppings drive Accra batty". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-23.